Bill Text: TX HB5373 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the powers and duties of the Hidalgo County Drainage District No. 1.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-13 - Effective immediately [HB5373 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB5373-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 5373 | ||
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| relating to the powers and duties of the Hidalgo County Drainage | ||
| District No. 1. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subtitle A, Title 6, Special District Local Laws | ||
| Code, is amended by adding Chapter 6609 to read as follows: | ||
| CHAPTER 6609. HIDALGO COUNTY DRAINAGE DISTRICT NO. 1 | ||
| SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS | ||
| Sec. 6609.0101. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "district" | ||
| means the Hidalgo County Drainage District No. 1. | ||
| Sec. 6609.0102. NATURE OF DISTRICT. The district is a | ||
| conservation and reclamation district in Hidalgo County operating | ||
| under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, as a drainage | ||
| district and a water improvement district. | ||
| Sec. 6609.0103. FINDINGS OF BENEFIT AND PURPOSE. (a) The | ||
| district is created to serve a public use and benefit. | ||
| (b) All land and other property included in the district | ||
| will benefit from the works and projects that are to be accomplished | ||
| by the district under powers conferred by Section 59, Article XVI, | ||
| Texas Constitution. | ||
| (c) The district is essential to accomplish the purposes of | ||
| Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution. | ||
| SUBCHAPTER B. POWERS AND DUTIES | ||
| Sec. 6609.0201. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES. (a) The | ||
| district has all rights, powers, privileges, functions, and duties | ||
| provided by the general law of this state applicable to a drainage | ||
| district and a water improvement district created under Section 59, | ||
| Article XVI, Texas Constitution, including Chapters 49, 55, and 56, | ||
| Water Code. | ||
| (b) To the extent of a conflict between this chapter and | ||
| Chapter 49, 55, or 56, Water Code, this chapter prevails. To the | ||
| extent of a conflict between Chapters 55 and 56, Water Code, Chapter | ||
| 55 prevails. | ||
| SECTION 2. (a) The legal notice of the intention to | ||
| introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this | ||
| Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a | ||
| copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies, | ||
| officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished | ||
| under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313, | ||
| Government Code. | ||
| (b) The governor, one of the required recipients, has | ||
| submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on | ||
| Environmental Quality. | ||
| (c) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed | ||
| its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor, the | ||
| lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of | ||
| representatives within the required time. | ||
| (d) All requirements of the constitution and laws of this | ||
| state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect | ||
| to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled | ||
| and accomplished. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 5373 was passed by the House on May 9, | ||
| 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 120, Nays 22, 2 present, not | ||
| voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. | ||
| No. 5373 on May 25, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 114, Nays 25, | ||
| 2 present, not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 5373 was passed by the Senate, with | ||
| amendments, on May 23, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays | ||
| 2. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: __________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| __________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
